I. The Teutonic Countries
Sweden
The Roman foot = 11·67 inches. This is, or was, also used in Oldenburg and in some parts of Holland.
Denmark and Norway
The Rhineland foot = 12·356 inches, divided into 12 Tomme (thumbs), 12 feet = 1 rode (rod).
North Germany
The principal types are:
1. The Rhineland foot, in Prussia, &c.
2. The Hanoverian foot = 11·5 inches more or less, used in Hanover, Pomerania, part of Holland and Belgium, Bavaria, Mecklenburg, and Geneva.
3. The Hanseatic foot, 11·32 inches more or less, used in Lubeck, Bremen (11·39), Hamburg (11·276), Dantzig, also in Hesse, Saxe-Coburg, and Poland.